Should ski areas be required to have safety bars on lifts?

[MadPadraic]

Originally Posted by deadheadskier

I've done the same on lifts where there is no safety bar.....I still feel I should be allotted the option of a bar though.

Lift tickets are cheaper where there are fewer safety bars. Coincidence? I think not!

[catskills]

Originally Posted by MadPadraic

Lift tickets are cheaper where there are fewer safety bars. Coincidence? I think not!

If I can save a $1 or $2 per lift ticket, then I am all for no safety bars. Who cares if those little rug rats fall out of the chair on a hard break stop when the chair swings and bounces up and down 20 feet between towers. I am all for saving a few bucks.

Here in NY state, safety bars are required to be put down or the lift attendant will yell at you with a bull horn and sometimes stop the lift.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Originally Posted by MadPadraic

Even better, those sharing a lift could check for consensus.

I know I've been a wee bit sarcastic in this thread, but in all seriousness, we should start a trend of east coast politeness in lift sharing. Majority rule? The all-veto rule? No safety bar if their are small kids? Automatic safety bar if their are medium sized kids. No smoking, No farting in Gondolas, etc.

No consenses needed on pulling the bar down..if one person wants it down on a safety bar..then it goes down for everybody..as for smoking on the lifts...when somebody asks if it's O.K. if they smoke I usually say,"Only if it's not a cigarette"..lol

[severine]

Originally Posted by GrilledSteezeSandwich

No consenses needed on pulling the bar down..if one person wants it down on a safety bar..then it goes down for everybody..as for smoking on the lifts...when somebody asks if it's O.K. if they smoke I usually say,"Only if it's not a cigarette"..lol

Don't get me started on the smoking...

[Brettski]

now see, I read this as a saftey bar, like where the bar stools have straps that prevent you from falling off them

[BeanoNYC]

Originally Posted by MadPadraic

2) I've been hit in the back of the head and made blurry by some over aggressive skier putting it down before everyone was settled in.

Sounds more like an aggressive sitter.

[drjeff]

Originally Posted by MadPadraic

Lift tickets are cheaper where there are fewer safety bars. Coincidence? I think not!

Snowmaking isn't a 100% necessity where lift tickets are cheaper. Coincidence, I think so


Me, bar down. I was that way before and since I now have kid #1 that rides chairs (and will likely have kid #2 riding a chair this March) I'm an even bigger proponent of the safety bar.

Just like I'd be a hypocrit if I told my kids they have to wear a helmet while on the hill and I didn't, the same with the safety bar.

Just curious in this thread, how many non "safety bar" folks are parents??

[Brettski]

bar down

[MRGisevil]

I don't think that a law should be enacted requiring them... I think that they're a good idea to have for little kids... but personally... I'm scaredy-pants and couldn't ride a lift without one